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' -A. W. SAWYER.

CUFF HOLDER.

No. 355,343. 'Pa-tentedJan. 4, 1887.

UNITED STATES.

CUFF-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming PATENT Trice.

part of Letters Patent No. 355,843, dated January 1-, 1887.

Application filed October 11, 1886. Serial No. 215,815. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ANDREW W. SAWYER,

of Providence, in the county of Providence and State of Rhode Island, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cuff-Holders; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to makefand use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked retaining device for attachment to the lower portion of the cuff; and it also consists in cer-' tain details of construction, all as more par tieularly hereinafter described.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 illustrates an edge view of one form of my improved cuff-holder. Fig. 2 illustrates the cuffholder as applied to a cuff and sleeve; and Figs. 3, 4, 5, 5, 6, 6, 6, 6, and 6 illustrate different forms of my cuff-holder.

Similar letters represent like parts in all the figures.

A represents a rod or plate with its ends I) b bent back in opposite directions, and preferably parallel to the central portion, 0, so that the entire plate will have a somewhat S shape.

D D are two flat springs, which are riveted or secured to the opposite surfaces of the central portion, 0, of the plate A, so as to form a clip or clamp between each of said ends I) b and its spring. (See Fig. 1.) When the holder is in use, the end I), with its spring D, will clamp the under annular edge of the sleeve surrounding the cuff, and the end b and spring D will clamp the lower edge of the cuff. (See Fig. 2.) Only one end of the holder will thus be visible, the remainder of it being concealed by the cuff and sleeve. The under surfaces of the ends I) b are preferably corrugated or roughened, so as to form tighter and better clamps for the sleeve and cuff 5 but this is not essential to my invention, and the ends 5 b or their outer surfaces nay be covered with material like or similar'to the dress.

The springs D D may be made long enough so as to be secured by one rivet near the center of the part c,- or they may be made shorter, and each secured to the part c by a separate rivet, as shown in Fig. 1; or, instead of having two springs, a central slot, 0, may be made in the part c, and a long spring,F, passed through said slot, as shown in Fig.3.

Instead of the cuff-holder having both ofits ends bent back, as shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3, one end may have a right-angled portion, 9, or a stud, h, for entering the lower buttonholes of the end, as shown in Figs. 4 and 5, respectively. The rightangled portion or button will answer the same purpose as the clamp I) D, of retaining the cuff tothe sleeve,

cuff'holder except the bent end I) will be concealed from view.

Instead of the rod or plate being made in one piece, it may be made in two pieces,'G and H, which are adj ustalole longitudinally with each other, as shown in Fig. (5. This adjustability may be attained in any appropriate manner-as, for example, by havinga slot, 1', in one rod and a hole or a slot, 1', in the other, and a rivet or screw, is, passing through both slot and hole, or by having both rods encircled by a band, Z. This construction will enable the fastener to be readily adjusted to cuffs of different sizes and widths.

In Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 the hook or bend b has a series of clamping-teeth or corrugations on its inner or under face, and in Fig. 6 it is so bent at its tip as to constitute a single biting or clamping tooth; but I consider this variation as an equivalent of the series of teeth, as the clamping takes place either with one tooth or many. The terminal point of the spring is bent toward the hook. Such bend in Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 prevents the end of this spring catching inthe sleeve of the outer garment. In Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 the spring D has a convex bend, to grip the sleeve between itself and the hook. This, however, is not necessary when, as in Fig. 6, the single tooth terminates the hook.

I claim- 1. A cuff-holder consisting of a metal plate and said lower portion and every part of the having a toothed or corrugated hook at one end, a spring having a bent portion adapted to bear against said corrugations, and the other end of the holder being bent in the opposite direction to that of the hook to provide means for attachment to the cuff, substantially as described.

2. A cud-holder consisting of a metal plate having a toothed or corrugated hook at one end, a spring having a bent portion adapted to bear against said toothed portion, and a plate having also a button or similar means for attachment to the cuff, substantially as described.

ANDREW W. S-AWYER. Witnesses:

PENNINGTON- I'IALSTED, W. A. BROWNELL. 

